La Isla Bonita (spanisch für die schöne Insel) ist ein Lied von Madonna aus dem Jahr 1986. Es war die fünfte und letzte Single aus ihrem dritten Studio-Album True Blue. La Isla Bonita erschien am 25. Februar 1987 auf dem Label Sire Records.
Als erster von Madonnas Songs zeigt das Lied einen spanischen Einfluss durch kubanische Perkussion, spanischer Gitarre, Maracas, Mundharmonikas und eine Mischung aus elektronischen und echten Schlaginstrumenten. Der Text des Titels handelt von einer wunderschönen Insel und war – laut Madonna – ein Tribut an die Schönheit Lateinamerikas.
Lyrics
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro. Just like I'd never gone I knew the song. Young girl with eyes like the desert. It all seems like yesterday not far away.
Tropical the island breeze. All of nature wild and free. This is where I long to be. La Isla Bonita. And when the samba played. The sun would set so high. Ring through my ears and sting my eyes. Your spanish lullaby.
I fell in love with San Pedro. Warm wind carried on the sea he called to me. Te dijo te amo. I prayed that the days would last they went so fast.
Tropical the island breeze. All of nature wild and free. This is where I long to be. La Isla Bonita. And when the samba played. The sun would set so high. Ring through my ears and sting my eyes. Your spanish lullaby.
I want to be where the sun warms the sky. When it's time for siesta. You can watch them go by. Beautiful faces no cares in this world. Where girl loves a boy and a boy loves a girl.
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro. It all seems like yesterday not far away.
Tropical the island breeze. All of nature wild and free. This is where I long to be. La Isla Bonita. And when (ah-ah) the samba played. The sun would set so high. Ring through my ears and sting my eyes. Your spanish lullaby. Tropical the island breeze. All of nature wild and free. This is where I long to be. La Isla Bonita. And when the samba played. The sun would set so high. Ring through my ears and sting my eyes. Your spanish lullaby.
Te dijo te amo. El dijo que te ama. La Isla Bonita.
